Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-11
A BURGLAR AT LURAY.
now DEPUTY MARSHAL LANNAN uEiIED
TO CONVICT Hni-rlE TOOLS.
fHaltlmore American. March n

baltimore American, March ~
The case at Luray, Va, on which Dep
aty Marshal Lannan was requested To
testify as an expert, was that OF a man
named Rhodes, who was charged with
having burglar tools in his possession, and
with trying to ship them away. fesier-
day rlorulng Deputy Marshal Lannan re-
ceiye a despatch from T.. j. Armstrong,
conf aonwealth'sattorneyf for Page county
staff az that the case was decided at nine
o'clo tx Saturday night. by CONVECTION
and Rhodes was sentenced to eight year.
in III penitentiary By Judge Brandt. The
desp atch also stated that Rhodes would
be I, led on a second count of burglary
A si nilsr despatch was received from >.
V. J. unison, broker, whose place OF bust
ness had been entered, and whose safe
had )een blown open. Rhodes is said to
be a native Of New York. He Is about
thirt f-fve years Of age, and has resided
in In ray for about four years. HIS repu-
tatioil has been bad, and he was always
looked upon with suspicion. On February
9TH, Il box. wei Ching about seventy-two
pounds, was received by the Adams TX
press agent and addressed to Rhodes. On
the might of the 10th Of the month the
safe Of J. V. Jainison was blown open
Usual 8, considerable money was kept III
the ~ .fe, but on this occasion there was
little money in it, as deposit had been
mao 10 in the bank. Between the Ith ana
| l0t h of the month, two strange men oil
~ nteel appearance arrived at Luray, and
in quired for Rhodes They left some
ii mo after the robbery. Previous to the
| 2sth OF February, forty pound box was
| shipped by the Adams Express Company
from a station three miles below Luray.
by Rhodes and one of the strange men,
On the 2sth, gun bag, weighing thirty
two pounds. was presented for shipment
but the authorities suspecting something
wrong, detaine it and made an examina
ton The package was found to contain
a fuse, small q lantlty of powder, wedges
a Jimmy screw, and grip used by pro
fessionals as p ulling machine. Rhode
was arrested. and at his house was foun'
portion OF a fnso which corresponde'
with that recoye red, pair of nippers,
snirit lamp. and a few other articles. Th
evidence was str )ng, but there was NJ
one i'm the commu atty TO testify that I'd
indictments found were the tools used b.
burglars. Deputy Marshal Lannan wa
finally requested 10 20 to Luray as an eA
pert. and readily onvinced the conrt an
Jury that the tools were those OF pro
fessional burglar. His testimony ma
much weight in the case, and Rhodes wa
1 convicted. Depu ly Marshall Lama
yesterday stated tn at, no doubt, the Hrs
box contained the principal implement
Of the burglars. lie was much please
| with his visit. anil was shown mnc
courtesy by the Yirginian authorities a.
torney T.. J.. Armstrong, in his despatc
j thanked the Deputy idarshal for his SCI
vices, and, in his argument, la'd niue
stress on his expert testimony. In I'll
state of Virginia it is felony to br'n
4 burglar tools within the borders Rhode
will be taken to Richmond after the SCI
ond trial. aud placed in the penitentlar'